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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

My Local Gaming club

A look at my local gaming store

For about
two years now I have been going to the same gaming club, and I
haven't really mentioned it on here at all, so I though that I would
share with you all. I live in the north-west of England so my closest
club is at the Wargame store, in Brimstage.

I have
been to a couple of gaming clubs in my time, starting with a club in
school back when I was young which quickly fell through. Next I went
to a very well organised club which unfortunately fell apart after 6
months when attendance fell and it couldn't keep running. During uni
I went to my local games workshop but unfortunately it wasn't for me,
I didn't quite get on with the people there, but I did venture in
from time to time when the mood took me. I have also been to a club a
little distance from me for tournaments every now and then but I
don't think I could be a regular there for any extended time. But now
I have found a home in the wargame store, a very friendly atmosphere
which I don't mean to leave for a while.

Little bit of Age of Sigmar

At the
wargame store there are a fair few tables, ranging in size and style.
From memory there are six 4x4 tables for skirmish games such as
Malifaux or warmachine, a 6x4 table for what ever game you like, and
two 8x4 tables which are great for 40k or Age of Sigmar. From my
recent planetstrike battle report I played on a large table, 6 x 12
to be exact, which is brilliant for larger games of 40k, but a lot of
people play large historical games on them. The tables keep getting
moved around so it could change in the future, we used to have a lot
more 6x4 tables, but we still have a good amount of space, and you
can always put two 4x4 tables together, rather versatile.

One of the many tables

As a side
note, some of the 4x4 tables can be reversed and on the other side
they have a table for dropzone commander, a rather under represented
game, but the option is there for people to play it. Also a fair
amount of terrain for it is in storage, its not my cup of tea, but
some people enjoy playing it. The terrain at the club is varied,
mostly for Malifaux and warhammer, but they also have a lot for 15mm
games such as flames of war. So what ever your taste, there is a
table for you.

Malifaux in full swing

Currently
we have a healthy Malifaux group with a fair few people playing it on
a regular basis. If you ask someone will always play a game of 40k,
and sometimes Ago of Sigmar if you ask nicely. I know in the past
Flames of war has been played and I'm sure if you wanted a game some
one could dust off their collection and play you. At the moment we
have a 40k campaign going on which always welcome more players, and a
few people are playing Gorkamorka, which was a surprise to most of
us.

Some GorkaMorka action

I guess
the reason for this post is rather self indulgence, its always good
to get more people to come to the club, and I always need new
opponents to play. I am sure you are all aware my opponents are
rather finite, and I am always happy to see my armies on the table
against me.

If any of
you reading this are in the Northwest of England and don't mind
travelling to Brimstage, in the wirral, come and play me in the
wargame store, meeting more gamers is always great and you all know
my armies, come and kick my ass.

As a
extra benefit, wargame store stock most everything by Games workshop
as well as warmachine, malifaux, infinity and a few other things
which are totally alien to me. Also quite a bit of the items sold are
discounted, GW products are 10% for example. Have a closer look by
visiting the site: